Chapter 157 Burning Corpse

"Lord Baron, we have counted the battlefield and found a total of 719 corpses and 142 captured bandits.

After interrogation, no bandit leader was found. Some people saw him jumping into the river and escaping. "

After a while, Knight Sarit went to Simon's side to report.

"Oh, how are our casualties?"

Simon was concerned about this. To be honest, he didn't want to lose a single soldier. He felt a little bit like Xiang Yu was unwilling to cross Jiangdong even if he killed himself.

"My lord, we only lost three recruits and eleven others were injured," Sarit responded.

"How could someone die in such a smooth battle?" Simon shook his head slightly and sighed.

"There are still a few high-level warriors among the bandits. The recruits will inevitably be defeated when they encounter them." Sarit responded.

"Ordinary standing soldiers who die in battle should be given six months' salary as a pension, and this standard will apply in the future.

Those who were killed in battle, such as ascending or falling into battle first, will be discussed later. "Simon pondered for a while and said.

Not all lords will pay this pension, and there is no set standard for the amount. Even if it is available, it is only for the elite.

Simon was already overly generous compared to other lords.

However, he also had his own considerations. Unless the militia was recruited for robbery, it would have little combat effectiveness.

If you want to build a strong army, you must keep up with the treatment. Soldiers in this period follow their lords to fight, isn't it just for some wealth?

If the lords didn't allow militia to be called up to collect loot and loot along the way, they probably wouldn't be able to raise a militia at all.

"Yes! My lord, the soldiers are really lucky to have such a kind lord as you."

Sarit heard this and bowed respectfully.

Simon smiled slightly and added: "Clean the battlefield as soon as possible, and don't leave anything useful behind.

The brave leader lacks iron, so an iron spearhead is also good.

In addition, the limbs of the corpses were cut off and piled together to prevent them from mutating. "

"Don't worry, sir. I will go to inspect and supervise the matter in person."

“Well, go ahead, it must be done by evening.

Stay one night in Qingzi Village tonight and go to the southern outpost tomorrow. Simon ordered.

"Yes!" Sarit responded solemnly, bowed and went to do his business.

Simon took more than 30 cavalrymen to look around and found nothing, so they returned to the village.

Not long after, the sun set, and the howls of wolves and the roars of ferocious beasts could be heard in the distant forest.

The bloody smell attracted too many carnivorous animals, and perhaps some magical creatures were also mixed in.

However, at this time, Salit had basically taken care of the beginning and end. A few hundred meters south of the village, a raging fire was burning.

The burning smell spread to the surroundings. Many villagers smelled this smell and kept retching and feeling sick.

The fire burned for a while, until the sky completely fell into darkness, and then it gradually extinguished, and the robbers returned to their ashes.

At this time, Sarit had led the soldiers back to the village, and the soldiers who stayed behind had also prepared dinner, and the aroma of wheat filled the air.

Although most of it is rye, it also makes the villagers hungry.

They wandered around for a while with longing expressions before going back to their respective houses.

Simon naturally had a clear view of this situation, but he had already discovered that the villagers still had enough food to survive the winter, so he would not show his kindness and open a warehouse to give charity.

Nothing happened all night, and at dawn the next day, the soldiers started to get up and cook. When it got daylight, they were all eaten and ready.

"Let's go, try to leave as early as possible and come back as early as possible. We only carry three days of food, so we can't delay it." Simon mounted his horse and ordered.

"Yes!" Sarit, Mailan and others responded and immediately went to form the team.

Not long after, the team formed several lines and slowly walked out of Qingzi Village.

After a while, footprints of various animals were found all around the village. They were obviously attracted by the smell of blood.

However, the corpses of the robbers and bandits had been burned completely. They were destined to return without success, and some were reluctant to drag them across the wooden wall.

However, the villagers had anticipated this situation when they built the camp and made it relatively strong, so even a brown bear could not break through the defenses.

Unless they are some powerful magical creatures, such strange beasts are extremely rare, and the probability of encountering them is very low, almost negligible.

Several hours passed in a flash.

Simon led his troops to the southern outpost, which was now deserted.

This place has been reinforced and raised a lot compared to before. It seems that Shelter has not been idle these days.

However, the defensive nature of the wooden camp is limited after all. Not to mention, once it is attacked by fire, it will soon become a sea of ​​​​fire.

This kind of defensive measure is difficult to effectively occupy an area.

"It stinks! Those robbers defecate everywhere!"

Simon looked in outside the guard post door and saw brown hills piled up randomly, which was unsightly.

"Lord Baron, let's clean up now!"

When Shelter heard this, he immediately ran over and shouted with a smile and hospitality.

"No need, let the people of the Falcon Mercenary Group worry about it.

You don't have to stay here anymore to take over Odd's defense.

You may not know it yet, but something happened to him and he was trapped in a secret forest. There are many dangers in this forest.

You have to be extremely careful when you get there and don't go too far into the forest.

You can give a timely warning if an orc is attacking, and then just hold off for a while. Simon said with a faint smile.

"Ah... Lord Baron, may I ask where the secret forest is?"

Shelt didn't know the names of the mountains and rivers in the West Seti area, so he asked in confusion.

"It's the forest in the west. The kingdom has now named the rivers, forests, and mountains here. The river next to it is called Qingshui River..."

Simon gave him some popular science and introduced it.

"So that's it, Baron, thank you for your trust again! I have done this and will not let an orc rush out of the forest..."

Shelt immediately saluted with a solemn and enthusiastic look and said.

"Very good, I will trust you again!

Let's go back to Spark Castle, Mailan, and notify the Falcon Mercenary Group to garrison in this southern outpost after returning." Simon ordered.

"Yes! Sir!" Mailan responded.

After that, he began to lead the army back, without stopping all the way, and would not say hello when passing by the village.

In this way, in the evening, he returned to Yongyi Territory, but stopped at Qingluo River.

Traveling at night was not a good choice. The thousand new soldiers had varying degrees of night blindness due to poor nutrition.

At night, they became half blind and had no mobility.

The Qingluo River is a tributary of the Qingshui River in Yongyi Territory. It runs east-west and eventually merges into the Qingshui River. The water flow is much smaller.

Since they chose to camp here, the soldiers got busy, chopping trees and setting up pots...

Not long after, smoke rose from the camp.

Simon was waiting for dinner in the big tent, feeling a little bored.

But at this time, a riot of shouting came from the outskirts of the camp...